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Citizens may oversee local leaders (07-01-2005) The Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee is considering a regulation to oversee State civil servants and Party members. Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper spoke to committee vice chairman Do Duy Thuong about the issue. According to the draft regulation, is it correct to say that all citizens will have a right to oversee State civil servants and Party members who live with them in the same communities? Yes. The issue has been already mentioned in the Party resolutions and also in the ordinances on civil servants. The citizens’ right of oversight is also written in the State constitution. All Party members and State civil servants, regardless of the positions they hold, are subject to the community oversight. Do citizens have a right of oversight on the activities of ministries? Citizens have a right to oversee activities of individuals and State agencies including ministries. If I personally find any of them guilty of wrongdoing … [Read more...] about Citizens may oversee local leaders

VietNamNet Bridge –
Low-quality motorbike helmets are being sold throughout cities despite offering
very little protection, according to market watch inspectors.
In Ha
Noi, low standard helmets are on sale in Dai Co Viet, Giai Phong, Hoang Hoa Tham,
Hue and Hang Dau streets and Tran Hung Dao, Nguyen Trai and Dien Bien Phu
streets, in HCM City.
Thuy,
owner of a helmet shop in Ha Noi's Hang Dau Street, said that helmets made from
cheap and light plastic and which offered next to no protection, were the best
sellers in her shop.
"They
(the helmets), covered in an array of colourful designs, are not as heavy as
better quality ones. What's more, they are really cheap, about VND40,000
(US$1.9) per product," she said.
Thuy
admitted that she had no idea regarding the safety element of her products.
"Few
care about the safety stamp and the origin of helmets, basing choices on light
weight, fashion and the cheap price instead," she … [Read more...] about Authorities fail in effort to stop sales of poor quality helmets

VietNamNet Bridge – While the apartment projects in the suburbs are turning
into hospitals, schools and hotels, the shopping mall projects in the central
districts are turning into apartments.
A lot of real estate developers have “made incantations” to turn their projects
into completely new projects to save the situation. Analysts have commented that
if the property market keeps gloomy for a long time more, it would witness a
growing tendency of changing the use of the real estate products.
Hospitals, hotels arising in the places reserved for apartments
In late 2011, local newspapers reported the dispute between clients and the
investor of the apartment project in Binh Chanh district of HCM City – Company
No 584. The clients, who paid money for the apartments, felt hungry when hearing
that they might not get the apartments, because the HCM City authorities agreed
to turn the apartment project into a hospital.
Changing the functions of buildings is now … [Read more...] about To save situation, real estate developers turning offices into apartments

VietNamNet Bridge - After a month of taking office, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has had four meetings with the cabinet, the business community and workers, visited seven provinces and received 20 foreign delegations.
The first Prime Minister sworn in office
PM Phuc at the sworn-in ceremony.
On April 74 morning, shortly after being elected by the National Assembly as the head of government, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was sworn in before the NA and the people.
This was the first time the head of the Government made a formal oath when taking office, as stipulated in Article 70 of the Constitution 2013.
“As the head of the highest State administrative agency, which exercises the executive power and is the executive body of the National Assembly, the whole Cabinet members and I will try our best to build a strong, united, unanimous, effective and efficient Government with drastic activities; wholeheartedly serve the people with all our might; successfully fulfill the … [Read more...] about The first month in office of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc

MIPIM Asia Awards 2017 The award was presented at the 2017 MIPIM Asia Awards Gala Dinner at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong on November 29, 2017.Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City is an award-winning, pioneering, premium International Grade A functional office-tower strategically located on the corner of Le Duan Street and Le Van Huu Street in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. The building consists of approximately 40,000 square meters GFA of prime office real estate including retail areas, a multifunctional exhibition, event and conference area, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ho Chi Minh City and restaurant areas with an outdoor terrace.Its location in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City is therefore the No.1 destination to do business with Vietnam and ASEAN for German and Central European headquartered companies and institutions. At the same time, Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City is the ideal trading platform for Vietnamese companies doing business with Germany and the … [Read more...] about Deutsches Haus HCMC wins Best Office in Asia award